Article projecting device for toy balloon

ABSTRACT

A Y-shaped member with a handle attached thereto. The single continuous wire forming the Y-shaped member forms a forwardly extending support for an article to be projected. The wire also defines the handle. Elastic members are connected to the Y-shaped member and to a resilient member which impacts against the article to be projected.

United States Patent 1191 Doherty Jan. 28, 1975 ARTICLE PROJECTING DEVICE FOR TOY 3,245,170 4/1966 MacDonald 43/19 3.572.311 3/1971 Baer 124/2111:

BALLOON 3.596.648 7/1971 Severs 124/16 lnventor: Cecilia Rosalie Doherty, PO. Box

1203, Santa Monica, Calif. 95006 Filed: June 26, 1972 Appl. No.2 252,221

US. Cl. 124/17, 124/30 13, 124/41 R Int. Cl F4lb 7/00 Field of Search 124/20 R, l7, 16, 41, 30 13;

Primary E.wn1incrRichard C. Pinkham Assistant E.\'uminerWilliam R. Browne 1 1 ABSTRACT A Y-shaped member with a handle attached thereto. The single continuous wire forming the Y-shaped member. forms a forwardly extending support for an article to be projected. The wire also defines the handle. Elastic members are connected to the Y-shaped member and to a resilient member which impacts against the article to be projected.

1 Claim, 2 Drawing Figures '1 ARTICLE PROJECTING DEVICE FOR TOY BALLOON My invention relates to a toy balloon which can be projected into space.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the balloon preparatory to being projected by the article projecting device;

and,

FIG. 2 is a similar view but showing the balloon after being projected.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the article projecting device includes a substantially Y-shaped frame consisting of a continuous wire 11 with the ends extending downward in the back to make a stick-like handle. The handle is formed by twisting the wire ends 12 in circular form, leaving a hollow of about a half-inch in diameter down the middle of the handle. The handle can be coated with a rubber or plastic-like substance. A cake of this substance .13 can be formed at the base of the handle to cover the wire ends, or the wire handle can be left as it is and the ends bent up into the hollow of the handle.

From the top of this wire-shaped Y, which is about 8 inches high, the wire extends down in front, about 6 inches, and then is bent out to form a circular shape 14 extending forwardly of the substantially Y-shaped member. The balloon 15 rests on this wire area of circular shape.

Rubber bands 16 and 17 are attached to each side of this wire-shaped Y, 6 inches down from the ends, and

the article to be projected.

their free ends brought together about 6v inches back of the Y to connect to a resilient member such as a large cork 18. This cork is /2 inches wide at its larger end. The large end points toward the balloon.

The cork, to which the outer ends of the rubber bands are attached, is pulled back as. shown in FIG. 1 and then let go. This creates a force for hitting the balloon. The cork, hitting the balloon. projects the balloon into space from the circular shaped wire on which it rests, as shown in FIG. 2. 7

There is a string- 19, about 5 feet long. which is tied at one end, to the wire frame and attached at the other end to the balloon by any type of adhesive tape. The string attachment will make the balloon captive to the projector and prevent any risk of the balloon getting into an area where children playing with it could be injured.

I claim:

1. An article projecting device comprising a handle. a substantially Y-shaped member formed from one continuous length of wire and including a portion extending forwardly of the substantially Y-shaped member to form a support for an article to be projected, said wire having its two free ends defining said handle, said substantially Y-shaped member having connected thereto a single free end of each of two elastic members, said elastic members having their other free ends connected to a resilient member which impacts against 

1. An article projecting device comprising a handle, a substantially Y-shaped member formed from one continuous length of wire and including a portion extending forwardly of the substantially Y-shaped member to form a support for an article to be projected, said wire having its two free ends defining said handle, said substantially Y-shaped member having connected thereto a single free end of each of two elastic members, said elastic members having their other free ends connected to a resilient member which impacts against the article to be projected. 